Fire crews battled a second day of forest fires in Adana's Kozan district, where flames reached neighborhoods and forced evacuations, while officials said blazes in Antalya and Mersin were largely brought under control. One death linked to the Adana fire was reported.
Attention then turned to the aftermath of Üsküdar's change of control, with prosecutors opening a threat and blackmail investigation against CHP Istanbul chair Özgür Çelik and assembly member Berk Tütüncü over the council vote, as Dündar Ziya Gültekin took office.
In the evening, dismissed officer Cemil Koç received aggravated life imprisonment for the murder of Ayşe Tokyaz.
President Erdoğan received Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş at Beştepe, a meeting CHP leader Özgür Özel said he had been informed of in advance.